Definition of Neurine

1.n. A poisonous organic base (a ptomaine) formed in the decomposition of protagon with boiling baryta water, and in the putrefaction of proteid matter. It was for a long time considered identical with choline, a crystalline body originally obtained from bile. Chemically, however, choline is oxyethyl- trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide, while neurine is vinyl-trimethyl- ammonium hydroxide.

Definition of Neurine

1. Noun. (organic compound) A ptomaine, related to choline, formed during putrefaction of biological tissues ¹

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Definition of Neurine

1. a ptomaine poison [n -S]

Medical Definition of Neurine

1. A poisonous organic base (a ptomaine) formed in the decomposition of protagon with boiling baryta water, and in the putrefraction of proteid matter.
It was for a long time considered identical with choline, a crystalline body originally obtained from bile. Chemically, however, choline is oxyethyl-trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide, while neurine is vinyl-trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide.
Alternative forms: neurin.
Origin: Gr. A nerve.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Neurine

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1.Poisons: their effects and detection by Alexander Wynter Blyth (1895)"neurine is one of the products of decomposition of choline. It is poisonous, and
has been separated by Brieger and others from decomposing animal matters. ..."

2.Report of the Annual Meeting (1899)"The allied alkaloid, neurine, produces somewhat different results, and is far
more toxic. There is a primary fall in arterial pressure, mainly of cardiac ..."

3.The Human Brain; Its Structure, Physiology and Diseases: With a Description by Samuel Solly (1847)"... and the medullary neurine merely the conductor of it. The importance of
establishing this position will be best understood when we come to the ..."

4.Organic Chemistry by William Henry Perkin (1907)"... neurine, and Taurine. Certain nitrogenous substances which occur in the animal
kingdom may also be referred to in this chapter, because they are basic ..."

5.Flesh Foods, with Methods for Their Chemical, Microscopical, and by Charles Ainsworth Mitchell (1900)"Choline, itself, is a decomposition product of lecithins, and is very unstable,
being converted into neurine by heat or by the action of acids or alkalies. ..."